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Orders: -formes//Family: -idae Anseriformes

• Snow Goose Chen caerulescens, Rochelle Pond, Irving, TX: Nov 2013
• American Wigeon Anas americana, Village Creek, Ft. Worth, TX: Nov 2013
• Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis, Village Creek, Ft. Worth TX, Nov 2013
• Mallard, Village Creek, Ft. Worth, TX: Nov 2013
• Northern Pintail, Village Creek, Ft. Worth, TX: Nov 2013
• Northern Shoveler: Village Creek, Ft. Worth, TX: Nov 2013
• Redhead, Village Creek, Ft. Worth, TX: Nov 2013
• Lesser Scaup, Rochelle Pond, Irving, TX: Nov 2013
• Gadwall: White Rock Lake, Dallas, TX: Oct 2013
• Muscovy Duck: Chollas Lake Park, San Diego, CA: Aug 2016

Galliformes

• ✔ Gambel's Quail, Tom Mays State Park, El Paso, TX: July 2015
• ✔ California Quail, Ramona, CA: Sept 2015
• ✔ Wild Turkey, along Ramona Oaks in the Estates, Ramona, CA: Sept 2015

Podicipediformes

• ✔ Pied-billed Grebe: White Rock Lake, Dallas, TX: Oct 2013
• Western Grebe: San Diego Harbor, San Diego, CA: March 2016
• Clark's Grebe: while kayaking at Lake Hodges, Escondido, CA: Aug 2016

Pelecaniformes

• ✔ Double-crested Cormorant: White Rock Lake, Dallas, TX: Oct 2013
• ✔ Cattle Egret: Campion Trail, Irving, TX: Oct 2013
• ✔ Black-crowned Night Heron, White Rock Lake, Dallas, TX: Oct 2013
• ✔ Great Blue Heron: White Rock Lake, Dallas, TX: Oct 2013
• ✔ Great Egret: Campion Trail, Irving, TX: Sept 2013
• ✔ Snowy Egret: White Rock Lake, Dallas, TX: Oct 2013
• ✔ Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Tower Village Apts., Irving, TX: April 2014
• Brown Pelican: diving into water at Oceanside, CA: Nov 2015
• Brandt's Cormorant: San Diego Harbor: San Diego, CA: March 2016
• American White Pelican: Lindo Lake, Lakeside, CA: June 2016
• Green Heron Butorides virescens: along Meramec River, River Scene Trail, Castlewood State Park, Ballwin, MO: July 2017
• Least Bittern: first stop along autotour route of Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, Mound City, MO: Aug 2017

Falconiformes

• ✔ Swainson's Hawk: Campion Trail, Irving, TX: Sept 2013
• ✔ Red-tailed Hawk: Campion Trail, Irving, TX: Sept 2013
• ✔ Sharp-shinned Hawk
• ✔ American Kestrel: White Rock Lake, Dallas, TX: Oct 2013
• ✔ Cooper's Hawk: University of Dallas, Irving, TX: Sept 2013
• Red-shouldered Hawk: Wu Property, Sycamore Canyon Preserve, Lakeside, CA: June 2016
  • (heard) Red-shouldered Hawk: Old Mill Woods, Irving, TX: Nov 2013
• ✔ Merlin: flying low over riparian, Rose Canyon, San Diego, CA: Oct 2015

Gruiformes

• ✔ American Coot: White Rock Lake, Dallas, TX: Oct 2013

Charadriiformes

• ✔ Killdeer: White Rock Lake, Dallas, TX: Oct 2013
• ✔ Greater Yellowlegs: Village Creek, Ft. Worth, TX: Nov 2013
• ✔ Ring-billed Gull: White Rock Lake, Dallas, TX: Oct 2013
• ✔ American Herring Gull: White Rock Lake, Dallas, TX: Oct 2013
• ✔ Forster's Tern: White Rock Lake, Dallas, TX: Oct 2013
• ✔ Heermann's Gull: Oceanside Beach, Oceanside, CA: July 2015
• ✔ Willet: Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA: Aug 2015
• ✔ Whimbrel: Tamarack Beach, Carlsbad, CA: Aug 2015
• ✔ California Gull: Tamarack Beach, Carlsbad, CA: Aug 2015
• Black-bellied Plover: Salton Sea SRA, Mecca, CA: Nov 2016
• Marbled Godwit: Salton Sea SRA, Mecca, CA: Nov 2016
• Black-necked Stilt: Salton Sea SRA, Mecca, CA: Nov 2016
• American Avocet: Salton Sea SRA, Mecca, CA: Nov 2016
• Western Sandpiper: Salton Sea SRA, Mecca, CA: Nov 2016

Cathartiformes

• ✔ Turkey Vulture, University of Dallas, Irving, TX: Sept 2013
• ✔ Black Vulture, University of Dallas, Irving, TX: Sept 2013

Columbiformes

• ✔ Rock Pigeons: University of Dallas, Irving, TX: Sept 2013
• ✔ Mourning Dove: University of Dallas, Irving, TX: Nov 2013
• ✔ White-winged Dove: Old Mill Woods, Irving, TX: Nov 2013
• Eurasian Collared Dove: along Sycamore Canyon Road (almost ran it over!), Poway, CA: April 2016

Psitacciformes

• ✔ Monk Parakeet: White Rock Lake, Dallas, TX: Sept 2013

Apodiformes

• ✔ Chimney Swift: University of Dallas, Irving, TX: Sept 2013
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird: backyard feeder, St. Ann, MO: June 2015
• Anna's Hummingbird: sitting high in a tree in the backyard in Ramona, CA: Aug 2015
• White-throated Swift: Ramona Grasslands, Ramona, CA: Dec 2015 flying above scrubland along Wildflowers Trail
• Allen's Hummingbird: Heritage Park, San Diego, CA: July 2016

Coraciiformes

• Belted Kingfisher: Emmenegger Park, along Meramec River, Kirkwood, MO: March 2017
  • (heard) Kingfisher: Campion Trail, Irving, TX: Sept 2013

Strigiformes

• Great Horned Owl: Sycamore Canyon, Poway, CA: Jan 2016 flying over Martha's Grove Trail while measuring oaks
  • (heard) Great Horned Owl: University of Dallas, Irving, TX: Nov 2013
• Barn Owl: Sycamore Canyon, Poway, CA: Feb 2016 flying out of an owl box we disturbed in the oak grove by the visitor's center
• Eastern Screech Owl, red morph: under the awning sitting on a sound speaker at the Three Kings on the Delmar Loop in University City, MO: Jan 2017
• Barred Owl Strix varia on a signpost near end of autotour route of Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, Mound City, MO: Aug 2017

Piciformes

• ✔ Northern Flicker: Village Creek, Ft. Worth, TX: Nov 2013
  • saw Yellow-shafted Northern Flickers up close on the deck back home in St. Louis, MO: May 2014
• ✔ Downy Woodpecker: Village Creek, Ft. Worth, TX: Nov 2013
• ✔ Red-bellied Woodpecker: Campion Trail: Bird Fort, Irving, TX: Nov 2013
• (heard) Nuttall's Woodpecker: in riparian at Rose Canyon, San Diego, CA: Oct 2015
• Acorn Woodpecker: at drip drinker on Olive Grove Trail, Sycamore Canyon Goodan Ranch Preserve, Poway, CA: Nov 2015
• Red-headed Woodpecker: by the Foley Shelter on the White Bison Trail at Lone Elk County Park, Valley Park, MO: Feb 2017
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: in alleyway behind southwest corner of West Park and Forest in Dogtown, St. Louis, MO: Feb 2017
• Pileated Woodpecker: Porter's Creek Trail, Great Smoky Mountains, TN: April 2017

Accipitriformes

• Bald Eagle: along Highland Valley Road on a powerline, Ramona, CA: Dec 2015
• Osprey: in its nest at Lake Murray, San Diego, CA: June 2016

Cuculiformes

• Greater Roadrunner: along main road at Sycamore Canyon, Poway, CA: Jan 2016

Caprimulgiformes

• Common Poorwill: along Cardiac Hill at about 10:15PM at Sycamore Canyon, Poway, CA: March 2016
• Common Nighthawk: along protected Ridge/Sidewinder access trail at 11:15AM, Sycamore Canyon, Lakeside, CA: June 2016

Passerines

Passeridae

• ✔ House Sparrow: University of Dallas, Irving, TX: Sept 2013
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow: in alleyway behind southwest corner of West Park and Forest in Dogtown, St. Louis, MO: Feb 2017

Tyrannidae

• ✔ Eastern Phoebe: Campion Trail, Irving, TX: Sept 2013
• ✔ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher: Campion Trail, Irving, TX: Sept 2013
• ✔ Western Kingbird: PDK, Irving, TX: May 2014
• ✔ Eastern Wood-Pewee: on a powerline in Elkmont, AL: July 2015
• ✔ Black Phoebe: in capybara & tapir enclosure at the San Diego Zoo, San Diego, CA: Nov 2015
• Say's Phoebe: flying around the visitor's center at Sycamore Canyon: Nov 2015
• Cassin's Kingbird: at Hagey Property entrance at Sycamore Canyon: Poway, CA: March 2016
• Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens along Whispering Pines Trail at Hawn State Park, Farmington, MO: 15 July 2017

Hirundinidae

• ✔ Tree Swallow: Campion Trail, Irving, TX: Sept 2013
• ✔ Cliff Swallow: near an overpass in Ft. Worth, TX: June 2014
• ✔ Purple Martins: on a powerline in Elkmont, AL: July 2015
• ✔ Barn Swallow: flying in and around a barn in Elkmont, AL: July 2015

Regulidae

• ✔ Ruby-crowned Kinglet: Village Creek, Ft. Worth, TX: Nov 2013
• ✔ Golden-crowned Kinglet: Campion Trail: Bird Fort, Irving, TX: Nov 2013

Corvidae

• ✔ Blue Jay: University of Dallas, Irving, TX: Sept 2013
• ✔ American Crow: University of Dallas, Irving, TX: Sept 2013
• California Scrub Jay: along Mussey Grade in Ramona, CA: July 2015
• Steller's Jay: along back road near Julian, CA: July 2015
• Common Raven: along Sunrise Highway in Cleveland National Forest, Mt. Laguna, CA: Oct 2015
• Woodhouse's Scrub Jay: South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, AZ: Nov 2016

Mimidae

• ✔ Northern Mockingbird: University of Dallas, Irving, TX: Sept 2013
• ✔ Brown Thrasher: Campion Trail: Bird Fort, Irving, TX: Nov 2013
• ✔ California Thrasher: on top of a lemonade berry bush, Rose Canyon, San Diego, CA: Oct 2015
• Grey Catbird: in trees in lake loop of eastern Forest Park, Saint Louis, MO: May 2017

Fringillidae

• ✔ House Finch: University of Dallas, Irving, TX: Nov 2013
• ✔ American Goldfinch: sunflowers at home, St. Ann, MO: Aug 2014
• Lesser Goldfinch: Wu Property, Sycamore Canyon Goodan Ranch Preserve, Poway, CA: May 2016

Emberizidae

• ✔ Spotted Towhee: Old Mill Woods, Irving, TX: Nov 2013
• ✔ Song Sparrow: Old Mill Woods, Irving, TX: Nov 2013
• ✔ Dark-eyed Junco: Old Mill Woods, Irving, TX: Dec 2013
  • Oregon sub species spotted at Desert View, Cleveland National Forest, Mt Laguna, CA: Nov 2015
• California Towhee: in a bush along the driveway in Ramona, CA: Aug 2015
• White-crowned Sparrow: in bushes by visitor center at Sycamore Canyon, Poway, CA: Dec 2015
  • (heard) White-crowned sparrow: in scrub at Rose Canyon, San Diego, CA: Oct 2015
• Lark Sparrow: on top of bush along main road by visitor center at Sycamore Canyon, Poway, CA: March 2016
• Black-throated Sparrow: along Hellhole Canyon Trail in Anza-Borrego State Park, Borrego Springs, CA: March 2016
• White-throated Sparrow: eastern portion of McDonnell County park with Dad, St. Ann, MO: Dec 2016
• Chipping Sparrow: in Cecilia's backyard in Somerset, KY: April 2017
• Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodrammus savannarum along autotour route at Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, Mound City, MO: Aug 2017

Cardinalidae

• ✔ Northern Cardinal: Old Mill Woods, Irving, TX: Nov 2013
• ✔ Scarlet Tanager: Monte Sano State Park, Huntsville, AL: July 2015
• ✔ Indigo Bunting: flying over a backroad in Elkmont, AL: July 2015
• Dickcissel: singing along a wire at Darst Bottom Road in Defiance, MO: June 2017

Icteridae

• ✔ Common Grackle: University of Dallas, Irving, TX: Sept 2013
• ✔ Great-tailed Grackle: University of Dallas, Irving, TX: Sept 2013
• ✔ Red-winged Blackbird: Village Creek, Ft. Worth, TX: Nov 2013
• ✔ Rusty Blackbird: Village Creek, Ft. Worth, TX: Nov 2013
• ✔ Hooded Oriole: Ramona, CA: July 2015
• Bullock's Oriole: in tree by County gas station in Lakeside, CA: May 2016
• Brewer's Blackbird: Lake Poway, Poway, CA: Oct 2016
• Brown-headed Cowbird: near the visitor's center at Mammoth Cave National Park, KY: April 2017

Paridae

• ✔ Carolina Chickadee: Campion Trail, Irving, TX: Sept 2013
• ✔ Tufted Titmouse: Campion Trail, Irving, TX: Sept 2013
• Mountain Chickadee: Desert View, Cleveland National Forest, Mt Laguna, CA: Nov 2015
• Black-capped Chickadee: Clingman's Dome, Great Smoky Mountains, NC: April 2017

Sturnidae

• ✔ European Starling: University of Dallas, Irving, TX: Sept 2013

Parulidae

• (heard) Orange-crowned Warbler: White Rock Lake, Dallas, TX: Oct 2013
• Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audobon's Warbler): in tree outside bedroom window, Ramona, CA: Oct 2015
• Wilson's Warbler: along Hellhole Canyon Trail close to Maidenhair Falls in Anza-Borrego State Desert in Borrego Springs, CA: March 2016
• Townsend's Warbler: outside the Hotel Del Coronado: Coronado, CA: March 2016
• Black-throated Green Warbler: Porter's Creek Trail, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN: April 2017
• Palm Warbler: in tree near lake of eastern Forest Park, Saint Louis, MO: May 2017
• Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas female, dead, ran into a window at Carnivore unit at Saint Louis Zoo, St Louis, MO: Sept 2017 (id'd by K. Garcia, no supercilium or distinctive marking around the eye)
• Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia in bird garden at Tower Grove Park, St Louis, MO: Sept 2017

Troglodytidae

• (heard) Bewick's Wren: Old Mill Woods, Irving, TX: Nov 2013
• Carolina Wren: Old Mill Woods, Irving, TX: Dec 2013

Turdidae

• Wood Thrush: Old Mill Woods, Irving, TX: Dec 2013
• Eastern Bluebird: Old Mill Entrance, Irving, TX: March 2014
• Western Bluebird: Dos Picos County Park, Ramona, CA: September 2015
• Swainson's Thrush (oedicus subspecies): dead, caught by Dorcas in front yard in Ramona, CA: Sept 2015
• Hermit Thrush (probably a guttatus form): Goodan Staging area, Sycamore Canyon Open Space Preserve, Poway, CA: Oct 2016

Bombycillidae

• Cedar Waxwing: University of Dallas, Irving, TX: April 2014

Sittidae

• White-breasted Nuthatch: backyard, Ramona, CA: Sept 2015
• Pygmy Nuthatch: Desert View, Cleveland National Forest, My Laguna, CA: Nov 2015

Polioptilidae

• ✔ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: in small scrub bush, Rose Canyon, San Diego, CA: Oct 2015

Aegithalidae

• Bushtit: sighted at Lake Murray, San Carlos arm: San Diego, CA: June 2016
  • (heard) Bushtit: in large bush in riparian habitat, Rose Canyon, San Diego, CA: Oct 2015

Ptilogonatidae

• Phainopepla: Sycamore Canyon, at Aslan's Mound, Poway, CA: April 2016

Motacillidae

• American Pipit: Salton Sea SRA, Mecca, CA: Nov 2016

Remizidae

• Verdin: Barker's Dam Loop, Joshua Tree National Park: Nov 2016

Certhiidae

• Brown Creeper: parent's backyard on power pole, oak & pine in St. Ann, MO: March 2017

Vireonidae

• Warbling Vireo: along Visitor Center trail at Ellis Bay at Riverlands Bird Sanctuary in West Alton, MO: April 2017